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Russia installs key components of largest neutron reactor for nuclear research
Rosatom has begun the installation operation for Russia’s largest multipurpose fast research reactor of the fourth generation ...
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Making The Case For Nuclear Aircraft
The US government built a nuclear powered jet engine in the 1950s. It was called the Heat Transfer Reactor Experiment – 3, or HTRE-3 for short. It used liquid salt as opposed to water for the ...
"World's simplest" nuclear reactors could be installed underground to provide heat to cities
The reactor dubbed LDR-50 offers a thermal output of 50 MW, running at a cozy 150°C, which is far below the scorching temps ...
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The most powerful fuel in history follows Hawking’s prediction: 8 grams for 1 million miles
In principle, this engine employed a tiny measure of thorium to release heat through nuclear fission, and the heat was further transformed into electricity to run the car. That being said, it is ...
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Revolutionary engine has no moving parts and is more efficient than a steam turbine
Researchers from MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed an innovative heat engine that uses .
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Even as the fusion era dawns, we're still in the Steam Age
Steam engines used coal to heat water to create steam to drive the engine. Nuclear fission splits atoms to make heat to boil water. Nuclear fusion will force heavy isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium ...